| Men's freestyle 74 kg at the Games of the XX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Messe München | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 27–31 August | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 25 from 25 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Freestyle | Greco-Roman | |
| 48 kg | 48 kg | |
| 52 kg | 52 kg | |
| 57 kg | 57 kg | |
| 62 kg | 62 kg | |
| 68 kg | 68 kg | |
| 74 kg | 74 kg | |
| 82 kg | 82 kg | |
| 90 kg | 90 kg | |
| 100 kg | 100 kg | |
| +100 kg | +100 kg | |
The Men's Freestyle 74 kg at the 1972 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program at the Fairgrounds, Judo and Wrestling Hall.
Medalists
| Gold | Wayne Wells United States
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| Silver | Jan Karlsson Sweden
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| Bronze | Adolf Seger West Germany
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Tournament results
The competition used a form of negative points tournament, with negative points given for any result short of a fall. Accumulation of 6 negative points eliminated the wrestler. When only two or three wrestlers remain, a special final round is used to determine the order of the medals.
- Legend
- DNA — Did not appear
- TPP — Total penalty points
- MPP — Match penalty points
- Penalties
- 0 — Won by Fall, Passivity, Injury and Forfeit
- 0.5 — Won by Technical Superiority
- 1 — Won by Points
- 2 — Draw
- 2.5 — Draw, Passivity
- 3 — Lost by Points
- 3.5 — Lost by Technical Superiority
- 4 — Lost by Fall, Passivity, Injury and Forfeit
Round 1
| TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
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| 4 | 4 |  Toshitada Yoshida (JPN) |
7:31 |  Francisco Lebeque (CUB) |
4 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 |  Adolf Seger (FRG) |
8:23 |  Alfred Wurr (CAN) |
4 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 |  Yuri Gusov (URS) |
 Ludovic Ambruș (ROU) |
3 | 3 | |
| 3 | 3 |  Bruce Akers (AUS) |
 Mukhtiar Singh (IND) |
1 | 1 | |
| 3 | 3 |  Daniel Robin (FRA) |
 Yancho Pavlov (BUL) |
1 | 1 | |
| 4 | 4 |  Bachir Hani Abou Assi (LIB) |
5:06 |  Robert Blaser (SUI) |
0 | 0 |
| 3.5 | 3.5 |  Bruno Hartmann (AUT) |
 Danzandarjaagiin Sereeter (MGL) |
0.5 | 0.5 | |
| 0 | 0 |  Wayne Wells (USA) |
5:59 |  Mehmet Ali Demirtaş (TUR) |
4 | 4 |
| 3 | 3 |  Tony Shacklady (GBR) |
 Miroslav Musil (TCH) |
1 | 1 | |
| 4 | 4 |  Nestor González (ARG) |
5:07 |  Wolfgang Nitschke (GDR) |
0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 |  Jan Karlsson (SWE) |
2:28 |  Shakar Khan Shakar (AFG) |
4 | 4 |
| 3 | 3 |  Muhammad Yaghoub (PAK) |
 Miklós Urbanovics (HUN) |
1 | 1 | |
| 0 |  Mansour Barzegar (IRI) |
Bye |
Round 2
| TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
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| 0.5 | 0.5 | Mansour Barzegar (IRI) |
Toshitada Yoshida (JPN) |
3.5 | 7.5 | |
| 8 | 4 | Francisco Lebeque (CUB) |
2:55 | Adolf Seger (FRG) |
0 | 0 |
| 8 | 4 | Alfred Wurr (CAN) |
3:51 | Yuri Gusov (URS) |
0 | 1 |
| 3.5 | 0.5 | Ludovic Ambruș (ROU) |
Bruce Akers (AUS) |
3.5 | 6.5 | |
| 5 | 4 | Mukhtiar Singh (IND) |
2:24 | Daniel Robin (FRA) |
0 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | Yancho Pavlov (BUL) |
2:02 | Bachir Hani Abou Assi (LIB) |
4 | 8 |
| 1 | 1 | Robert Blaser (SUI) |
Bruno Hartmann (AUT) |
3 | 6.5 | |
| 4.5 | 4 | Danzandarjaagiin Sereeter (MGL) |
8:25 | Wayne Wells (USA) |
0 | 0 |
| 5 | 1 | Mehmet Ali Demirtaş (TUR) |
Tony Shacklady (GBR) |
3 | 6 | |
| 1 | 0 | Miroslav Musil (TCH) |
4:46 | Nestor González (ARG) |
4 | 8 |
| 1 | 1 | Wolfgang Nitschke (GDR) |
Jan Karlsson (SWE) |
3 | 3 | |
| 6 | 2 | Shakar Khan Shakar (AFG) |
Muhammad Yaghoub (PAK) |
2 | 5 | |
| 1 | Miklós Urbanovics (HUN) |
Bye |
Round 3
| TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
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| 3.5 | 2.5 | Miklós Urbanovics (HUN) |
Mansour Barzegar (IRI) |
2.5 | 3 | |
| 1 | 1 | Adolf Seger (FRG) |
Yuri Gusov (URS) |
3 | 4 | |
| 3.5 | 0 | Ludovic Ambruș (ROU) |
2:27 | Mukhtiar Singh (IND) |
4 | 9 |
| 3 | 0 | Daniel Robin (FRA) |
4:17 | Robert Blaser (SUI) |
4 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | Yancho Pavlov (BUL) |
Danzandarjaagiin Sereeter (MGL) |
3 | 7.5 | |
| 0 | 0 | Wayne Wells (USA) |
1:24 | Miroslav Musil (TCH) |
4 | 5 |
| 9 | 4 | Mehmet Ali Demirtaş (TUR) |
8:18 | Wolfgang Nitschke (GDR) |
0 | 1 |
| 3 | 0 | Jan Karlsson (SWE) |
3:49 | Muhammad Yaghoub (PAK) |
4 | 9 |
Round 4
| TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
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| 6.5 | 3 | Miklós Urbanovics (HUN) |
Adolf Seger (FRG) |
1 | 2 | |
| 3 | 0 | Mansour Barzegar (IRI) |
6:18 | Yuri Gusov (URS) |
4 | 8 |
| 6.5 | 3 | Ludovic Ambruș (ROU) |
Daniel Robin (FRA) |
1 | 4 | |
| 2.5 | 0.5 | Yancho Pavlov (BUL) |
Robert Blaser (SUI) |
3.5 | 8.5 | |
| 1 | 1 | Wayne Wells (USA) |
Wolfgang Nitschke (GDR) |
3 | 4 | |
| 9 | 4 | Miroslav Musil (TCH) |
5:36 | Jan Karlsson (SWE) |
0 | 3 |
Round 5
| TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
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| 7 | 4 | Mansour Barzegar (IRI) |
5:18 | Adolf Seger (FRG) |
0 | 2 |
| 7 | 3 | Daniel Robin (FRA) |
Wayne Wells (USA) |
1 | 2 | |
| 3.5 | 1 | Yancho Pavlov (BUL) |
Wolfgang Nitschke (GDR) |
3 | 7 | |
| 3 | Jan Karlsson (SWE) |
Bye |
Round 6
| TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
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| 4 | 1 | Jan Karlsson (SWE) |
Adolf Seger (FRG) |
3 | 5 | |
| 7.5 | 4 | Yancho Pavlov (BUL) |
6:37 | Wayne Wells (USA) |
0 | 2 |
Final
Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final (shown in yellow).
| TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
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| 1 | Jan Karlsson (SWE) |
Adolf Seger (FRG) |
3 | |||
| 4 | 3 | Jan Karlsson (SWE) |
Wayne Wells (USA) |
1 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Adolf Seger (FRG) |
Wayne Wells (USA) |
1 | 2 |
Final standings
- Wayne Wells (USA)
- Jan Karlsson (SWE)
- Adolf Seger (FRG)
- Yancho Pavlov (BUL)
- Daniel Robin (FRA), Mansour Barzegar (IRI) and Wolfgang Nitschke (GDR)
References
- "Wrestling at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Men's Welterweight, Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
External links
 Olympic Champions in freestyle welterweight | |
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